Coin-assorter.



E. HARRALSORM Patented 001121, 1913.

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[III/III]I/IIIII/IIIIIIIIIIIIII/IA'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIflI/IIIIIIIIIIflI/II L INVENTOR --To all whom it may concern:

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newsman nseaatson, or MEMPHIS, rnuun'ssnn.

'- Specification of Letters rate t if. PatenteidO'cti 21,1913;

application filedJ'uhe 8, 1912. seria1'u ,7o2,

Be it'known that I, EDW RD HARRnLsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates',residing at .Memphis, county of Shelby, and State'of Tennessee have invented certain new and useful In provements' in- Coin-Assorters, of which the following-is .a specification.

-T'his invention relates to coin assorters.

My object is to'pi'ovide a machine of Sim-- ple light and durable construction adapted for rapidly and accurately. asserting coinsof all denominations,- and may comprise one, or a plurality of travehng asserting coin I conveyers arranged'one below the other, and

I next series of holders .therebelow' and so on combined with a surface orchute, the. asso-rt-j ing-conwyer/or conveyers being provided .Yltll' coln holders of suchs1zes, loeg1 mg with the uppermost coin assorter, th t-the largest. ,coins will. begcaught by the -'upper-. most holders, the next? to the largest by the to the lowermost assorter whereby an aggregationof coins may be introduced" into the machine and will automatically themselves by gravity" and be arrested by the coin assorters" designed to catch and carry them to a suitable point of discharge. Suitable coincounters may be used in connection with any or all of the coin as'sprters and any desired means '3 employed for collecting the coins-after they have been assorted. Preferably, the coin conveyer or conveyers. are

enclles s, provided with projecting lugs or pins to arrest the coins intended to be engagedithereby, and the-chute or gravity sur-' face provided with slots in which the p ns travel.-- Any suitable operating means may :be employed 'for causing the: conveyers to move, but preferably, where a plurality of conveyors are'employed, an operating means common to all will be used, whereby they will be simultaneously operated.

The invention further comprises coin releasers' arranged 'toprevent smaller coins from being carried off by engagement with larger coins and, still further, in the 'proyi 'sion of coin guides for directing the COIIIS to the'coin-holding spaces of the respective coin conveyers, -whe'reby the guidance of coins-of the proper denominations to their respective conveyers isinsured. Preferably,

a guiding front, properlyspaced apart from the chute or gravity surface, ls provlded, to

. classify prevent any-tilting of the coins or the'pas sage thereof beyond the ,conveyer which is designed to carry 'coinsofthat particular denomlnatlon frolirthe machine.

fThe in'veiition is susceptibleof' varipus.

modifications without departing from the. spirit-and scope thereof and I lay claim to all changes coming within the purview'of the invention, one embodimentof which. is

disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in

Figure l is a perspective of ,thetomplet machine; Fig. 2,.a horizontal section there- 'through; Fig.3", a detail perspective of parts offoneof thecoin assorting conveyors; Fig.- 4,21 vertlcalsectlonfofthemachineg F" 5,-

a side elevation of the delivery side of the mach ne; F1g.6,,a horizontal detail section showing one of the cpnveyers in full lines .--Fig. 7 a detail, View showing 'how but one coin releasermay be employed; and Fig. 8, I

a similar view showing .a plurality'of coin ,releasers'and chutes.

frame 1 preferablycontained within fa casing 2 of suitable design. The frame 1 has a front which is inclined."

Securedito the frame 1. in any suitable or preferred 'manner is a series of plates 3," preferably i of sheet steel,- which are sep:

. arated'from each other by slots 4: and all of which lie in the same plane constituting, as a Whole, an inclined surface or chute down which! the coins travel, Spaced from th respective plates 3 are outer plates 5 corresponding, or substantially so, to the plates 3 V and suitably mounted "on :the frame or con The operative'parts are supporte d byr'a stituting a part ofth'e case. Asappears from Fig.1, these outer plates 5 may be pf glass andconstitute a transparent front through which the movements of the coins coin. For instance, the uppermostp'lates 3'- and 5 are spaced just far "enough to accommodatesilver dollars, the next plates?) and accommodate silver half d01lars,-the sue ceeding plates 3 and '5 are spaced just far;

5 therebelow are spaced just far enough it ,wheels 8 and 9 are a series of endlesscoin asserting conveyers 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 which are provided with points, pins or lugs 19 which project through the slots 4 and may be guided by the margins of said slots, the slots 4 being preferably only Slightly wider than the thickness or diameter of the pins or lugs. Such construct-ion insures the guidance of the coin asserting conveyors during their movements and'prevents disengagenient from their sprocket wheels or any sagging thereof. The com ass0rt1ngcon veyers have one stretch or strand traveling beneath the plates 3, the lugs'or pins 19 pro-" jecting between the slots. In addition to the construction described,'other means may be employed for guiding'the coin'assorting. conveyers. I am aware thatthese coin assorting conveyers and the means thereonf'or catching and classifying the coins are subject to modification and I do not, therefore,

limit myself to details of construction'in re .gard to them. They might be provided with parts projecting through the slots 4,.

such parts having transverse slots or recesses of a size adapted to retain the coin intended to be carried off and to permit smaller coins to pass through. The lugs or pins 19, it will be observed, provide a series of spaces or seats through which all coins, except those intended to be carried off by the particular conveyer, are adapted to pass.

I am aware that continuous belts or aprons having points or lugs could be substituted for sprocket chains and lay claim 1 thereto.

\Vhile I do not limit myself thereto, I prefer to construct the conveyers 13, 14, etc,

of a series of chain blocks 20 provided with integral or inserted pins or lugs 19, the blocks being pivoted together at 21- and having openings 23 for the reception of the teeth of the sprocket. wheels.

On the respective plates 3 ther are pro-' videdcoin releasers 2-1 having inclined faces 25. There may be a single-coin releaser for each plate 3, as shown in Fig. 7. or, I may,

preferably, provide on each plate 3 a series of spaced and inclined C0111 chutes 26. as

- shown in Fig. 8, whose purpose is to separate the coinswhich have passed through the coin asserting conveyer or conveyers above and direct them to theispaces between the lugs or pins of the conveyor below facilitates the distribution ofthecoins and they also serve todislodge any smaller coins WlllCh' have been caught. between coins of a ving carried .ofi Iaterall ytherebyQ larger denomination thathave been arrested by the'particular coin conveyer and are be At the upper part of the machine there is Y a hopper 27 into which coins of all denomi-v nations. may be indiscriminately deposited;

If now, the ,crank or handle'lQ be turned,

the coin. asserting conveyers 13, 14, 15 16,

17 and 18 will be made to travel siniultaneously. The'largest coins, such as silver dollars are arrested by the lugs or holders 19 on the uppermost conveyer 13, all other coins sliding between the lugs and down the chute or inclined surface composed of-the plates 3 and, according to their size, being arrested by the respective conveyers, the

lowermost conveyer 18 catching dimes for instance. The lugs or pins 19 of all conveyers above that designed-to catch-a particular coinare spaced apart distances suffiCIQHt i'O permit such smaller coins to pass therethrough. Smallercoins which have been arrested by larger coins on a conveyer,

are released therefrom by the coin releasers,

24, being brushed off-"from'the coins on which'they rest, due to the travel of the coin conveyers', and then fallir'igf'thr0ugh unocv cupied spaces on the same coin conv'eyen' Regardlessof how many'times smaller coins Y -may be thus arrested, they-eventually pass by gravity to the 'cOinHcOnveyer designed to catchthem.

.Any desired counting'means may be employed in connection withach co'nveyer for counting the numberof coins of; that denomination that are carried off by suchfcom veyerand any desired'receptacles may-be provided to catch thezcoins. as .they issue from the slots 28 at thedelivery side ofithe' machine or any desired chutes v or other Having thus described'm v inventlomwhat I- claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent, 'is:' 1

1. In a coin assorter, the combination'with an inclined-surface or chute, of coin assortmeans for arresting coins of a given size and arranged to travel erosswiseot thelnchned "ing conveyers respectively provided with,

surface or chute and so related thereto that,

coins which have not been arrested by apreceding conveyer may pass down said chute from one conveyer to a succeeding conveyer.

2. In a coin-assorter, the combination'with an inclined surface or. chute, of coin assortiug conveyers each having means adapted for the arrest of 001115 of a given size. the

con 'evers being arranged to travel crosswise of the inclined surface or chute and 1 10 means may be employed to carry the coins therefrom to any suitablepoint.

, with means for arresting-coins 10' com "conveyer to succeed1ng' c'o1 I disposed succession and having their coin arresting means adapted, successively, to arrest-"coins of smaller sizes gravitating down saidc'hute from one conveyertoi a' succeeding one;

traveling nd QS apron, ore er g veyers respective} size and arranged for thep'a'ssage Ot'arrested b Veyer, 4 p I A llzassorter havi of endless traveling coin 'conveyers respectively having means adapted to arrest coins. of a given size, 'said conveyors being arranged in succession beginning with the uppermost conveyer adapted to arrest coins of" the largest size and ending with the'lowermost 'conveyer adapted to arrest coins of a smaller size, the conveyers being arranged to travel.

- in a general lateral direction, and a gravity surface or chute coiiperatingwith said endless conveyers adaptedto pass the coins in succession to another e 5. Ina coin 'a'ssortergthecombination with an inclined surface or chute, of a plurality of traveling coin conveyers arranged in-sucto permit the passage of all coins smaller:

in size.- than those desi 'nedto be arrested by said conveyer, in combination with a coin conveying surface or chute having slots in which the members of the respective conveyers travel, and a gravity surface or chute with which the spaced members of'all of the conveyers cooperate in sorting-the coins.

7. A coin assorter having aplurality of" traveling rows of freely pro ectlng members, the rows being arranged in succession and the pro ecting members 01! ing rows bein'gspaced apart at differentdistances from the'members of a preceding row, the respective rows being arranged forsuccessive action on the coins.

8. A coin 'assorterhavlng a plurality of traveling 'rows of projecting members, the

' rows being arranged in succession and the projecting members of the succeeding rows,

:-3.- A coin assorter having .aplurality ofj; hai'n coin cession, each conveyor having members spaced apart a distance sufiiclent to permitthe succeedbeing spaced ,apartw at difierqnt from the members of the preceding 110ml!!! Icom'bination' with a coin chute orjsurfacei with "which all of -said rows of"projecting=-" members eotiperate, said surface or chute'beng adapted 'vfor directing the coinsfto rows of-"projec ting members.

v 9. A 'oin' assorter having 'a plurality of -',-.tra'\'7eling rowsjof projecting members, the grows being arranged in succession and; the Zprojectingmembers of the succeeding. roves being "spacedapart at diiferent'distances from the. member-sot a'v preceding row, and -means for releasing or dislodging smaller coins caught ,by larger coins which 'have been arrested and are being carried ofi'byagiven row of projecting .members- 10. A coin assorter having a, plurality 4 traveling rows of projecting members, thei "rows belng arranged insuccession and the projectlng members of the succeedlng rows being spaced vapart at" difi'erentdi'stances from the members ofa preceding row, a

coin chu te or. surface for directing the coins in succession to therespective rows of trav elin'g projecting 'members and with which said projecting members cotiperate,- and means for dislodging or" releasing smaller coins caught by larger coins which "have been arrestedjand are beingcarried ofi by a giwen row of projecting members.

. 11. A coin assorter' having a plurality of traveling rows of projecting members, the

rows being arranged in succession and the pro ecting members of the succeeding rows "being spaced apart at different! distances" from' the members of the preceding row,

in combination with a surface or chute for directing. the coinstothe rows of travelin projecting members, and stationary combine, coin guides and releasers' adapted for directing the coins to the rows of tra'ieling'proecting members and also for releasing or dislodging' the smaller coins which have been caught by larger coins that have been arrested by a. row of traveling projecting members. i

12. In a coin posed of plates separated by sl0ts,,of endless coin assorting: conveyers having projecting members traveling in said slots, the conveys iers being arranged substantially parallel xassorter, the combination with an mchned com'chute or surface comoneabove the other and the projectin mem-- bers being graded in spacing; from 't ose'of the uppermostconveyer which are the widest separated to-tho'se of the" lowermost convey'; hich are the closest together, a cover spacedl'apart from said :coin chute or sur-' face adistance sufiicient to permit the pas; sage "of the coins without their tilting, and coin; guides and. releasers arranged above'.th'e

1 respective com conveyers.

13. In a com assorter,' with a receptacle into which co ns of var the:- combination n ous denominations are deposited indiscrimi- -nate1y, of a shifting coin-assorting member toward which the indiscriminate coins are directed flatwise from said receptacle, said coin-asserting member having seats arranged to catch coins of a partlcular denomination edgewise and carry them away 1n a fiatwlse position in relation to the receptacle.

14 In a coin assorter, the combination with a receptacle into WhICll come of vari- I ous denominations are deposited indiscriminately, of a shifta-ble coin-assorting member toward which the indiscriminate coins are directed fiatwise from said receptacle, said coin-assorting member having seats arcross-wise of the receptacle and having seats to catch coins of a particular denomination and carry them away from the remaining coins of other denominations, and a'coin releaser to dislodge coins contacting those are deposited indiscrimi-' coins of a particular denomination and a coin releaser to dislodge coins contacting those coins caught and being carried away by the seats.

17. In a coin assorting device, the combination with a chute having oppositely dis-' posed members, between which the coins pass, of a plurality of series of asserting seats arranged to shift across the chute between the members, each series designed to catch coins of a particular denomination and convey them from the chute, one of the members of the chute being so arranged relatively to the opposite member that the space between the members is successively decreased to correspond with the decreasing thicknesses of the coins.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of. two witnesses.

EDIVARD 'I-IARRALSON.

Witnesses:

Arr-nun PATTDN, PHIL M. GANALE. 

